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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does the narrator receive a letter saying he won the Premium Bonds?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

2. What color is the sky when the narrator thinks they’ve crossed the boundaries of the Hempstock farm in Chapter 4?
(a) Orange.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

3. What color dress is Lettie wearing in Chapter 3?
(a) Blue.
(b) Pink.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

4. In Chapter 6, how many days a week does the narrator’s mother say she will work at her new job?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. In Chapter 5, how long does the narrator let the water run to get it steaming?
(a) 3-4 minutes.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 4-5 minutes.
(d) 6 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ellen Henderson live?

2. In Chapter 6, where does the narrator’s mother get a job?

3. In Chapter 2, how many beds are described in the narrator’s sister’s room?

4. What kills the fish in Lettie’s ocean in Chapter 2?

5. Where is the opal miner said to be from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator get rid of the worm after removing it from his foot?

2. Where does the narrator like to read on nice spring days?

3. Why does the narrator say that his father has never hit him?

4. What items lead Lettie to the creature in Chapter 4?

5. How does the narrator describe the clearing that he and Lettie enter in their search for the creature in Chapter 4?

6. Why does the narrator let go of Lettie’s hand in Chapter 4?

7. From whom does the narrator receive a letter in Chapter 3? What is revealed in the letter?

8. How does the narrator describe his seventh birthday party in Chapter 1?

9. What does the narrator describe having cut out of his knee with a penknife in Chapter 5? What did he learn?

10. Why does the narrator have to share a room with his sister in Chapter 2?

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